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Answer:

y +8 = -4(x -8)

Explanation:

You recognize that the given equation is in slope-intercept form:

y = mx + b

with m = 1/4 and b = 5.

A perpendicular line will have a slope that is the negative reciprocal of this value of m, so the desired slope is ...

-1/m = -1/(1/4) = -4

The point-slope form of the equation for a line is ...

y -k = m(x -h) . . . . . for slope m through point (h, k)

Using m=-4 and (h, k) = (8, -8), the point-slope form of the equation for the line you want is ...

y +8 = -4(x -8)

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